The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-01-21
CONGRESSIONAL

Paul Minneapolis & Manitoba Railroad
company the right OF way through In
dian reservations in Northern Mon
tana and Northwestern Dakota. The
amend was the addition OF the word
operation to the bill, so as to make it
read: THE rights Of the Indians h be
preserved in the construction and opera
tion OF the road" Mr.. Sherman intro
duced a bill to reimburse the ~depositors OF
the Freedman's Bank OF Washington.
Senator Cullom has announced that he
hoped to get n vote on the Interstate COM
MERGE bill shortly. He no longer has such
an expectation. He now says that he
hopes a vote will be taken this week but it
is not certain that that even will be posi-
BILE. 1t seems more probable that the debate
will continue to Wednesday OF next week.
Senator Edmunds, from the committee
on the judiciary, recently reported favora-
bly, an amendment to the legislative, ex-
~ecutive and judicial appropriation bill,
making an appropriation OF $4,000 to
enable the commissioners OF labor to collect
and to report to congress statistics rela-
tive to marriage and divorce in the United
States.
HoUsE-The bill Creating a department
OF agriculture and labor, passed the house.
1t provides:
There shall be at the seat Of government
an executive department to be known as
the department Of agriculture and
labor, under the control OF a secretary
OF agriculture and labor and an as
sistant secretary. There shall be in
the department OF agriculture and labor n
division which shall be under the charge OF
a commissioners OF labor, who shall hold
his office for four years and until his sue
cessor shall be appointed, unless sooner
removed, and shall receive q salary OF
$4,000 q year. The commissioner shall
collect Information upon the subject OF
labor, its relation to capital, the hours OF
labor, the rate Of wages, the cost OF pro-
duction OF the articles produced, the earn.
ingS OF labOring men and women, the means
OF promoting their material, social, intel
lectual and moral prosperity, aud the best
means to protect life and prevent
accident in mines, workshops, factories
and other places Of industry. The
secretary is empowered to enquire into the
causes of discomfort whi3h may exist be-
tween employers and employees within the
United States. and he may invite and hear
sworn statements from both such parties
concerning the matter in controversy.
The bill appropriating $500, 900 for a
building at Charleston, S. c., passed with
the noun reduced to 5000, 900:
SENATE.-The senate spent the DAYS
session in discussing the Reagan-Cullom
railway bill.
HoUsE.-The Tucker Edmunds bill pass.
ed the house last week after only
four hours OF debate without a division.
The bill takes the Mormon hierarchy by
the throat and practically places the en-.
tire government of the territory OF
Utah into the hands of the federal govern
ment except the lower branch of the terri
torial legislature.
The provisions OF the bill as passed are:
1t makes the lawful husband or wife OF
any person prosecuted for bigamy,
polygamy or unlawful cohabita-
ton a competent witness against
the accused, and provides for the registra-
ton OF all marriages, making 1T g mis-.
demeanor for any person to violate the
provisions relative to such registration.
1t annuls all territorial laws providing for
the Identification OF the votes OF electors
at any election, and also all laws confer
ring on the territorial courts the power to
determine divorce cases, and abol
ishes woman suffrage in Utah.
Penalties arg prescribed for unlawful
sexual intercourse, and polygamy .
defined as a marriage between one person
Of one and more than one ut another sex
and is declared to be Il felony. The inan-
cial corporations known as the Church OF
Latter Day Saints and the Perpetual
Emigration Friend company are dis
solved, and the attorney general ia
directed to wind them up by process
OF COURT All laws for the organization OF
the militia OF the territory and the crea-
ton OF the Nauvoc Legion are annulled.
Polygamists are made ineligible to vote,
and a test oath is prescibed to ali persons
desiring to vote that they will obey the
laws of the United States, and especially
the laws in respect to the crimes defined in
this and the original Edmunds act.
The bill provides for the immediate APP.
pointment by the president of all judges
and selectmen Of the county and probate
courts, and by the governor of all justices
OF the peace, sheriffs, constables, and 9TH
err codnty and district officers.
The bill as amended by the adoption OF
the substitute will now be transmitted to
the senate for adoption by that body.
SESATE:-The senate adopted . resoIu-
tion offered by Mr.. Vest directing the sec
rotary OF the treasury to furnish a full
statement by itemized account OF all mon
ey paid out On account oil prosecutions oil
civil and criminal cases in state courts by
federal officers OF the departments
from July 1, 1879, TO Dee.
/, 1885, with O list OF agents
or employees engaged in such prosecutions,
the amount paid them and for what specific
service, etc. The senat bill to pay M. G.
Mordecai $35, 991 in full compensation for
carrying the mails from Charleston, s. g.,
to Havana. Cuba, between October, 1859,
and suiy, 1860, passed. Mr.. Cameron In.
PRODUCED a bill Tor the appointments oil
commissioners to represent the federal
government at the centennial celebra tion
ofthe forming and promulgation OF the
constitution, to be held in Philadelphia.
Mr. Plumb introduced the following bill
To give 10 United States courts the pow
or to determine all questions concerning
the right Of eminent domain OF the United
States within the counties Of the thero.
KEGS, Chickasaws. Greeks, Choctuws and
Selninolcs, under the treaties OF the tribes
with the United States, and all questicn a
OF damage 70 any property OF any Of these